I once heard a person say, "Good friends are just like stars. You may not always see them, 1 you know they are always there. " It perfectly describes my friendships with Angie and Raegan.
Angie and I became 2 on the first day of kindergarten. A little unsure of myself, I asked my mother 3 to make friends on the first day of school. She suggested I go up to another little girl and simply 4 myself. So when I saw Angie cross the room, I 5 right up to her and said, "Hi. My name is Missy. Would you be my friend?" Angie looked at me as if I'd lost my mind but she answered, "Sure. " Then the two of us were 6. We've been friends ever since.
As hot and humid as Indiana's summers are, Angie and I 7 a swimming pool. Neither of us had one. Then Raegan came here. She 8 into the house on the corner with a swimming pool! We wanted to have a swim there, so Angie came up with a "brilliant 9". We came to Raegan's house and hung out on the street saying things like, "Whew! It's 10 out here. Wish there was a place we could swim. . . " Raegan invited us kindly. We soon discovered that we liked Raegan more than her 11.
We became friends, and it has been that way 12. Through dance classes, cheerful camps, college courses, our marriages, and 13 in life——we've been forever friends.
Those friends are the most 14 gifts in my life. Friends come and friends go, but Angie and Raegan will 15 be in my life——just like the stars. I hope that you have such amazing friends in your life, too!
